The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
Photos
Joaquín Martínez
- Santanta
- (as Joaquin Martinez)
Gary Kawate
- Kiowa Indian Warrior
- (uncredited)
Ron Kelly
- Lt. Cavalieri
- (uncredited)
Kate McKeown
- Kate
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film ends with the major plot thread unresolved, suggesting this was intended as the pilot for a series, which was not uncommon for TV-movies in that era.
Featured review
boring failure
I like Westerns and was hopeful for this one, which I had never seen before. Didn't like it. It seems like a failed pilot for a Western series on TV. And it happens to be a TV movie. It's long, filled with a lot of characters and plot (young lovers' quarrel, convict on the run, insubordinate officers, etc.), and is -- boring, still... .... On second viewing, it seems better. Well acted, interesting, moves a long.
***lots of spoilers****
The movie is unique to its detriment. There is no love interest for the star, Peppard. And Peppard is the commanding office of this little military post 500 miles from civilization. It would have been more interesting if he had a middle rank and bucked the system to achieve final success. Those are clichés but would have made for a more interesting movie.
I didn't like the soap opera little disputes among the characters. I didn't like the way Peppard's trusty scout L.Q. Jones was constantly going out alone into barren hostile Indian territory finding all sorts of things and information and returning quickly and safely, as though he had strolled through his own backyard.
One example of the flatness of the movie is that the little wagon train that gets to the fort for safety, at the end of the movie decides to return to St Louis for safety. The other main plot of the movie is this trite and incredible happening: the fort is attacked by Indians, and Peppard's young antagonistic son, who was just kicked out of boarding school in the East, is kidnapped by one of the Indians! So Peppard and L.Q. Jones go off alone into the wilds to rescue him.
***lots of spoilers****
The movie is unique to its detriment. There is no love interest for the star, Peppard. And Peppard is the commanding office of this little military post 500 miles from civilization. It would have been more interesting if he had a middle rank and bucked the system to achieve final success. Those are clichés but would have made for a more interesting movie.
I didn't like the soap opera little disputes among the characters. I didn't like the way Peppard's trusty scout L.Q. Jones was constantly going out alone into barren hostile Indian territory finding all sorts of things and information and returning quickly and safely, as though he had strolled through his own backyard.
One example of the flatness of the movie is that the little wagon train that gets to the fort for safety, at the end of the movie decides to return to St Louis for safety. The other main plot of the movie is this trite and incredible happening: the fort is attacked by Indians, and Peppard's young antagonistic son, who was just kicked out of boarding school in the East, is kidnapped by one of the Indians! So Peppard and L.Q. Jones go off alone into the wilds to rescue him.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content